Oh yes – the paparazzi were out in force – including Simeon (or was it Isaac) Bailey, judges in the children's category, who had come to the party with their Mum, Christine who organises the children's judging for us. Here he is snapping Tesco (Fiona Carter and Nicki Clowes) …
Alex Gazzola
All judged……
So, the FreeFrom Food Awards judging is over for another year. Two weeks, nearly 450 products, 65 judges and thousands of judging sheets. And although it is seriously full on (6am to 9pm when-you-fall-into-bed 'full on') it is hugely enjoyable both for all of us and, it seems, …
Why is gluten-free food so expensive?
I am afraid we are up to our eyeballs in the FreeFrom Food Awards judging at the moment so neither managed to see the Channel 4 programme yesterday nor read the Mail/Sun. But, thank goodness, Alex is on the ball and has covered the subject for us on his Food Allergy and …
‘Gluten free’ versus ‘freefrom gluten’
Worrying about precise definitions is not something that comes naturally to me – I am more of a broad brush sort of person. So many are the arguments that I have with Alex, the acme of precision in definitions terms – and many are the rude names that I have called him when, yet …
The oat issue – to be an allergen or not to be an allergen….
Back in August Ruth of What Allergy? was at a judging session for the Freefrom Eating Out Awards at which the subject of oats arose – are they in fact an allergen and are they actually gluten free? But, after a lengthy discussion, she ended up more confused than when she …





